GRAFFITI GLAMOUR: URBAN ART INSPIRES FESTIVE TABLESETTING

Design inspiration is everywhere, your mind just has to be free to receive it. This project I completed for an AmericasMart Atlanta presentation illustrates this very point. Last Friday, Dayka and I presented Decorate and Celebrate, 8 Ways to for Turning Your Next Shop Party into a City Haute Spot to a room full of boutique owners all looking for bright ideas for entertaining their best customers.

Along with a slideshow presentation, we each displayed tabletop decor ideas that could be used when hosting an intimate dinner with a select group of customers. My table themed “Graffiti Glamour” was inspired by the grungy artwork on display behind one of my newly beloved home decor haunts, Steve McKenzie’s.

I’ve previously written about shop owner’s Steve and Jill McKenzie in a previous post and the beautifully curated collection of original artwork and eclectic finds you can read about it here. In addition to the shots above, Steve has a collection of other graffiti art he’s captured during his travels across Europe.

So if Steve McKenzie’s decided to host an in-store dinner party, how would they translate their affection for grungy urban art into glamorous, yet approachable table art? Glad you asked, here’s a peek at the process…